CHECKSTYLE(1)

💅 CHECKSTYLE(1) — the manual page, but make it cute

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're talking about checkstyle, and honestly? she's the friend who reads your essay and circles every comma you got wrong. not to be mean — she just cares 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

checkstyle — a static code analysis tool that checks if your Java source code is actually complying with your coding rules. no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

checkstyle -c configurationFile [options] [file]

like that's the whole vibe. config file required, everything else is garnish. 💖

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🌸 OVERVIEW 🌸

so basically — Checkstyle is a development tool that helps programmers write Java code that actually adheres to a coding standard. she automates the whole checking-your-Java-code thing so that humans don't have to do this boring (but important!!) task themselves. and the way that this makes her ideal for projects that want to enforce a coding standard?? iconic. 👑

she is highly configurable and can be made to support almost any coding standard.

she is highly configurable and can be made to support almost any coding standard.

yes she said it twice. because it's THAT true. main character energy, fr fr ✨

example configuration files are supplied, and they support the Sun Code Conventions and Google Java Style. so you don't even have to build your config from scratch, you're literally welcome 🥰

and if you want to know more about Checkstyle, it can be found at http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/ — go say hi, she doesn't bite 💜

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• file — specify the Java source code file you want to check. yes, THE file. the one. 🍓
• -c configurationFile — specify the file that configures which checks get applied. this is your rules file, your whole personality, your blueprint 💅
• -f format — specify the output format. your options are "plain" for the DefaultLogger and "xml" for the XMLLogger. defaults to "plain", so if you don't say anything you're getting plain, no questions asked ✨
• -p propertiesFile — specify a properties file to use. 🎀
• -o file — specify the file to output to. (instead of just letting it scream into your terminal, which, valid.) 🌈

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

say you want to check the source files in the src/main/java directory using the Google Java Style. you'd run:

checkstyle -c /usr/share/checkstyle/google_checks.xml src/main/java

and she just… does it. ate and left no crumbs. 💀✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/cmdline.html — the cmdline page, iykyk 🧚

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and that's the tea, bestie 💖 this was the checkstyle(1) page, dated 2021-01-24, and honestly? slay. go write some compliant Java. periodt. 👑🌸